Bike dies/won't start. Electrical problem.

[Gz Rider]

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[Meme]

Well, the problem seems to be fixed, but I didn't have time to take a long ride to be sure.

I pulled the wire that went from the ignition fuse into the bottom of the flasher and soldered it back in place. It's not the best soldering job, 'cause there's not much room to work, but I couldn't get it to stop working after that repair.

I'll take a longer ride tonight and test it more thoroughly.

[mrlmd1]

Glad you got it fixed (so far at least). The problem had to be some intermittent loss of an electrical connection, and if that fixes it, good - even better that it didn't cost you anything except your time to find the problem. Thee must be some common connection there to lead power to the ignition system, but I would have to check the wiring diagram to see how that occurred. But as long as it works, great!
Take a long ride, and have somebody in a truck follow you to bring you back if it quits again (lol), and stop kicking your bike, I'm sure it doesn't like that.

[Meme]

I rode it home tonight. No problems at all. :2tup: When it runs right, I don't have to kick it! :lol:

[Meme]

I ended up having the bike not start twice more, less than a week after the last post. The bike needed the kick again both times to start. It didn't die or hesitate at all, but I ordered a "flasher" relay for it from eBay. Incidentally, this relay is used on several other Suzukis and is called a main relay on those bikes. The one I ordered came off a 2003 SV1000S. I got the relay in record time from SCCS. It was installed 2 days after ordering it. :2tup:

I haven't had the problem since. :rawk: